{"id":3421,"date":"2025-10-21T12:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/drone-attack-in-sudan-threatens-khartoum-airports-reopening-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:40:28","slug":"drone-attack-in-sudan-threatens-khartoum-airports-reopening-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/drone-attack-in-sudan-threatens-khartoum-airports-reopening-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone attack in Sudan threatens Khartoum airport\u2019s reopening: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sources and witnesses report early-morning explosions near Khartoum international airport, due to reopen on Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A series of drone attacks has hit areas in Sudan\u2019s capital, including near Khartoum international airport, a day before its long-awaited reopening, according to the AFP news agency and Sudanese media reports.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told AFP they heard drones over central and southern Khartoum early on Tuesday. A wave of explosions was reported near the airport between 4am and 6am (02:00-04:00 GMT).<\/p>\n

The airport has been shut since fighting erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), badly damaging infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Sudan\u2019s Rakoba News, citing witnesses, reported more than eight blasts in and around the airport. It blamed the attack, which it said used \u201csuicide drones \u201c, on the RSF.<\/p>\n

The Paris-based Sudan Tribune also reported the drone barrage, citing security sources and witnesses that saw \u201cplumes of smoke \u2026 rising from within the airport perimeter\u201d.<\/p>\n

A local security source told the media outlet that Sudan\u2019s military shot down some of the drones.<\/p>\n

A witness told AFP that Omdurman, north of Khartoum and home to several important military installations, was also hit during the drone attack.<\/p>\n

No group immediately claimed responsibility, and details on casualties or damage were not available.<\/p>\n

The attacks came just a day before the Khartoum airport, heavily damaged in the conflict, was scheduled to reopen after more than two years.<\/p>\n

The Sudan Civil Aviation Authority announced on Monday that domestic flights would gradually resume following technical and operational preparations.<\/p>\n

While Khartoum has remained relatively calm since the army reclaimed control of the city earlier this year<\/a>, drone attacks have continued, with the RSF repeatedly accused of targeting military and civilian infrastructure from afar.<\/p>\n

Third attack in a week<\/h2>\n

Tuesday\u2019s reported strikes mark the third spell of drone attacks on the capital in seven days.<\/p>\n

Last week, drones targeted two army bases in northwest Khartoum, although a military official said most of the aircraft were intercepted.<\/p>\n

Since the army\u2019s counteroffensive and recapture of Khartoum, more than 800,000 people have returned to the capital.<\/p>\n

The army-aligned government has since launched a wide-ranging reconstruction campaign and is moving officials back to Khartoum from Port Sudan, where they operated during the occupation of the capital by the RSF.<\/p>\n

Large parts of Khartoum, however, remain in ruins, with millions still experiencing frequent blackouts linked to RSF drone activity.<\/p>\n

The most intense violence is now concentrated in the west<\/a>, where RSF forces have surrounded el-Fasher, the last main city in Darfur that is not under their control.<\/p>\n

The paramilitary forces continue to try to seize the city, prompting warnings from the United Nations<\/a> of the potential for further \u201clarge-scale, ethnically driven attacks and atrocities\u201d over the past 18 months.<\/p>\n

Should the assault succeed, the RSF would control all of Darfur and much of Sudan\u2019s south, while the army maintains dominance over the centre, east and north.<\/p>\n

The wider war in Sudan has killed tens of thousands, displaced nearly 12 million and created the world\u2019s largest displacement and hunger crises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sources and witnesses report early-morning explosions near Khartoum international airport, due to reopen on Wednesday. A series of drone attacks has hit areas in Sudan\u2019s capital, including near Khartoum international airport, a day before its long-awaited reopening, according to the AFP news agency and Sudanese media reports. Witnesses told AFP they heard drones over central … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}